NASA scientists travel to air and space to study Arctic sea ice – NASA0

• Airborne Science, Cloud and land Elevation Satellite-2), ICESat-2 (Ice, SCIENCE, Science / Health, Science Mission Directorate, scientists, Space, Space Communications & Navigation Program, Space Launch System (SLS), Space Telescope, space-x-ipo, SpaceX, SWOT (Surface Water and Ocean Topography)
• July 9, 2026

This month, engineers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California are testing a spacecraft sensor that will help measure how quickly Arctic sea ice is disappearing. And although that instrument won’t launch for another year, scientists began preparing for its use during a recent field campaign in the Canadian wilderness. The researchers spent two